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News release:
Hubble European Space Agency Information Centre Opens
27-Apr-2000: For the Hubble Space Telescopes 10th anniversary on 27 April, ESA
opens a new service. The Hubble European Space Agency Information Centre
offers information about Hubble from a European perspective. Not only has
Hubble's first 10 years produced a rich harvest of scientific results, it has also
touched the man in the street with its beautiful images of the sky. With this
initiative ESA shows its commitment to public outreach and to the communication
of science. With an expected life time of 20 years, Hubble is now at the midpoint
of its life. It has so far been one of the most successful scientific space missions,
and the continuous maintenance and upgrade of the observatory through the
Servicing Missions makes Hubble's next ten years appear even more promising.
The Hubble European Space Agency Information Centre is the Hubble & Next Generation
Space Telescope dedicated contact point for the general public, the European media, and
the European Hubble scientists.
The goal of Hubble European Space Agency Information Centre is to expose good
European Hubble science to as broad an audience as possible: the public, the press and
the scientific community.
The Hubble European Space Agency Information Centre provides the following services:
Dedicated web pages containing:
* News releases.
* The Hubble image archive.
* Background information about Hubble and astronomical phenomena
* Specially selected products like screensavers, interactive demonstrations,
educational material etc.
* Printed material such as brochures, leaflets, posters and lithographs (printed
pictures).
* Point-to-point contact for the press.
* Assistance to European Hubble scientists in publicising news and images
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For more information, please contact:
Lars Lindberg Christensen
Hubble European Space Agency Information Centre, Garching, Germany
Phone: +49-(0)89-3200-6306
Cellular (24 hr): +49-(0)173-38-72-621
E-mail:lars@eso.org
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